No, it isn't.
This address returns 404:
http://~kol.deviantart.com/
For example heres a page with some of his work:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/28283565/
Then try to click his name (-kol), and there's the problem.
Dig returns:
----------------------------------------------------
dig http://-kol.deviantart.com
; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> http://-kol.deviantart.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22475
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;http://-kol.deviantart.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
http://-kol.deviantart.com. 86400 IN A 69.28.181.43
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
deviantart.com. 259200 IN NS ll.ns.deviantart.com.
deviantart.com. 259200 IN NS a.ns.deviantart.com.
deviantart.com. 259200 IN NS b.ns.deviantart.com.
deviantart.com. 259200 IN NS co.ns.deviantart.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
co.ns.deviantart.com. 259200 IN A 66.28.104.5
ll.ns.deviantart.com. 259200 IN A 69.28.181.34
;; Query time: 893 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1)
;; WHEN: Tue Feb 7 16:44:51 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 161
----------------------------------------------------
In this thread,
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=34&t=426658&s=?
the author do however call him "~Kol" but check out the link "Read this
for more info".
Clicking that link seems to work for the others in that thread but not
for me,
so I suspected Squid to be at fault. (standards or not)
And http://kol.deviantart.com/ is someone else.
/WiLLiE
Merton Campbell Crockett skrev:
> The symbol that you see in front of "kol.deviantart.com" is not a
> minus sign. It is a tilde. It is not part of the host name. The
> tilde is used on the deviantART web pages as a device to indicate
> that the following string is a link to a web site. It may, also, be
> used to hinder "bots" from trolling the site.
>
> Merton Campbell Crockett
>
>
>
> On 07 Feb 2006, at 03:26 PST, <Werner.Rost@zf.com>
> <Werner.Rost@zf.com> wrote:
>
>> What does
>>
>> nslookup http://-kol.deviantart.com/
>>
>> tell you?
>>
>> Mit freundlichem Gru�/Yours sincerely
>> Werner Rost
>> GMT-FIR - Netzwerk
>>
>> ZF Boge Elastmetall GmbH
>> Friesdorfer Str. 175, 53175 Bonn, Deutschland/Germany
>> Telefon/Phone +49 228 3825 - 420
>> Telefax/Fax +49 228 3825 - 398
>> werner.rost@zf.com
>>
>>
>>>> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
>>>> Von: WiLLiE [mailto:dazwillie@gmail.com]
>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Februar 2006 12:23
>>>> An: squid-users@squid-cache.org
>>>> Betreff: [squid-users] Re: URL's that begins with a minus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Come on, some of you must know the solution to this one.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> WiLLiE skrev:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been trying to goto this url: http://-kol.deviantart.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> but squid does not let me, I get this error: (in Firefox)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>> ---------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The requested URL could not be retrieved
>>>>>
>>>>> While trying to retrieve the URL: http://-kol.deviantart.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> The following error was encountered:
>>>>>
>>>>> Unable to determine IP address from host name for
>>>>> /-kol.deviantart.com/
>>>>> The dnsserver returned:
>>>>>
>>>>> No DNS records
>>>>> This means that:
>>>>>
>>>>> The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
>>>>> Check if the address is correct.
>>>>> Your cache administrator is root <mailto:root>.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Generated Thu, 02 Feb 2006 23:09:19 GMT by goamania.se
>>>>> (squid/2.5.STABLE1)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>> ---------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I get squid to accept url's that begins with a minus?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> /WiLLiE
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>
> Merton Campbell Crockett
> m.c.crockett@adelphia.net
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Mailet har kontrollerats efter virus samt skadligt inneh�ll och ska
> vara s�kert.
> /WiLLiE
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 07 2006 - 09:34:38 MST
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